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Personal info

Full name
TIERNO, Dominic Joseph
Date of birth
16 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
Hometown
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37694256
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 40 20

Immediate family

Members
Louis J. Tierno (father)
Angelina F. (Di Fazio) Tierno (mother)
Rose Tierno (sister)
Mary C. Tierno (sister)
Catherine L. Tierno (sister)
Josephine A. Tierno (sister)
Anna M. (Bata) Tierno (wife)
Louis T. Tierno (son)
Michael J. Tierno (son)

More information

Pvt Dominic J. Tierno was a driver at the Cudahy Packing Company before he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 30 March 1944. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Louis T. Tierno & Michael J. Tierno (sons), www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Tierno Family Tree / 1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Anna Gill, www.newspapers.com - Sioux City Journal - 29 April 1945